Chapter 19

ENEMIES OF BEES.

Are they all guilty? 286 Rats and Mice, 287 Are all the Birds guilty? 288 King-bird--one word in his favor, 288 Cat-bird acquitted, 289 Toad got clear, 290 Wasps and Hornets not favored, 290 Ants--a word in their favor, 291 Spider condemned, 292 Wax-Moth unrivalled for mischief, 293 Indications of their presence, 296 Management, 296 Care in turning over Hives, 297 Other symptoms of Worms, 298 When they grow larger than usual, 299 Time of Growth, 299 Time of Transformation, 300 Freezing destroys Worms, Cocoon, and Moth, 300 How they pass the Winter, 301 Stocks more liable to be destroyed last of Summer, 301 When Bees are safe, 302 Means to destroy them, 302 Making them drunk and their execution by Chickens, 303